Update: Dr. Thomas Egwang has launched a campaign, EquipmentAgainstFakes, to help raise funds for his lab’s purchasing of equipment for detecting fake medicines. Click here to see what you can do to help! My name is Dr. Thomas Egwang, and I am the Senior Scientist at Med Biotech Laboratories in Uganda. Read more…
My name is Marie Lamy and I am conducting a doctoral study at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. I am researching the institutional mechanisms to regulate and prevent the availability of fake medicines in the Greater Mekong Region of Southeast Asia, comprised of Myanmar, Thailand, Lao, Cambodia, Read more…
Bloomberg news reported yesterday that fake antibiotics are among the world’s most common fake medicines, and that this is feeding into the prevalence of global antimicrobial drug resistance. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), conducting a surveillance program on fake antibiotics in 80 countries around the world, drug resistance Read more…
This week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its first guidance under Title II of the Drug Quality and Security Act, the “Drug Supply Chain Security Act”. The FDA advises drug supply chain stakeholders, which includes wholesalers, regulatory officials, care-givers and patients, to make note of potential signs Read more…
Check out the article “Fight the Fakes Campaign Adds Bevy of New Partners” in Outsourcing Pharma here.
This article was originally published in The American Journal of Nursing. To view the article, click here. Fight the Fakes Benton, David Chief Executive Officer; Williamson, Lindsey Communications Officer, International Council of Nurses In February 2012, a cocktail of salt, starch, acetone, and a variety of other chemicals was delivered Read more…
To download the press release, click here. Fight the Fakes campaign gains momentum as eleven new partners join global movement Geneva, 6 June 2014 — Following the campaign’s six-month anniversary, Fight the Fakes is proud to announce eleven new partners, bringing the total number of member organizations to twenty-five. New Read more…
We are proud to announce Mobilium Global as a new partner of the Fight the Fakes campaign! Mobilium’s app “Smart Health Africa” provides mhealth solutions for African mobile subscribers in order to promote healthy behaviours. Fake medicines can account for over 30% of the drugs in circulation in some African Read more…
We are proud to announce the International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF) as a new partner of the Fight the Fakes campaign! In order to equip the next generation of pharmacists with the knowledge and experience to combat the global and growing problem of fake medicines, IPSF teaches pharmaceutical students about Read more…
We are proud to announce the Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA) as a new partner of the Fight the Fakes campaign! GPhA represents the manufacturers and distributors of generic pharmaceuticals in the USA. Its efforts against fake medicines include public education initiatives for public official healthcare professionals and consumers. “Patient and Read more…